HALSTEAD, William, a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Elizabeth, N.J., June 4, 1794;
was graduated from Princeton College in 1812;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Trenton, N.J.;
appointed State supreme court reporter November 23, 1821, and served until 1832;
published seven volumes of Halsteads Law Reports;
prosecuting attorney of Hunterdon County 1824-1829 and 1833-1837;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);
presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-sixth Congress but the House declined to seat him;
elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843);
chairman, Committee on Elections (Twenty-seventh Congress);
appointed by President Taylor United States district attorney for New Jersey and served from 1849 to 1853;
raised the First Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry of New Jersey for the Civil War and served as colonel until February 18, 1862;
retired from public life and died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., March 4, 1878;
interment in Riverview Cemetery.